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Around 1850, the New Haven and New London Railroad built a line from New Haven to New London on what is today otherwise beautiful, expensive real estate. Why didn't they build a few miles further inland to get cheaper land and spare the beaches?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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